At first we should know more about Junkers (1895 – 1969)
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM), more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft manufacturer. It produced some of the world’s most innovative and best-known airplanes over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany. It was founded there in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators. During World War I, and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder, who by then had been removed by the Nazis.
and what was Junkers Luftverkehr Persien ?
Junkers Luftverkehr Persien
Main Business:
Airline operations at Persia and Middle East
Management Positions:
1927 – 1932 Kurt Weil, head of Junkers Luftverkehr Persien
Facilities:
based at Teheran
- Assignment of aviation concession (monopoly) to the “Junkers Luftverkehr Persien” for 5 years : Tuesday , February , 9 , 1926
- 1927 Hugo Junkers is authorized by the Persian Government to setup an airline operation in Persia
- Assignment of “Teheran-Mashhad” post airmail to the “Junkers Luftverkehr Persien” : Tuesday , April , 23 , 1929
- 1932 Junkers Luftverkehr Persien dissolved as a consequence of the World Economic Crisis of 1932.
Aircraft used by Junkers-Luftverkehr in Persia
C/n (serial no) | Code | In service (of Junkers LV Persien) | Nickname/Name | Source | Notes | |||
German | From | To | ||||||
Junkers F 13 | ||||||||
569 | JL-6 de f1e | D-1183 | also N-…. R-RECA R-RECG R-RECK Dz-30 D-OLOF | 12.24 | .27 | ‘Albatros’ | P0001 | Ex-Jlag Moscow. Sold in Germany |
614 | D-0254 | also R-RECE RR-ECE | 11.24 | 7.25 | ‘Papagei’ | P0001 | Ex-Jlag Moscow. Sold to Persian A/F | |
630 | D-0214 | also R-RECF CCCP-194 | ‘Dompfaff’ | M0005/5/99 P0001 | ||||
643 | D-0231 | also RR-ECC | 11.24 | .33 | ‘Wachtel’ | P0001 | Ex-Jlag Moscow. Stored 12.32. Cx 9.33 | |
651 | d1e | D-0265 | also A-106 RR-ECI | 11.24 | 2.29 | ‘Bremse’ | B0256 P0001 | Ex-Jlag Moscow. To Junkers. Sold in Germany. |
693 | D-1304 | also RR-ECG (2) | 12.24 | .33 | Möwe | P0001 | Ex-Jlag Moscow. Stored 12.32. Cx 9.33. | |
800 | D-1071 | also C-RBIM CV-JAC YR-AAF | 4.27 | 7.28 | Gabelschwalbe | P0001 | To Junkers, sold as C-RBIM. | |
2001 | D-1126 | 6.27 | 9.33 | ‘Zwergspecht’ | P0001 | To Junkers, sold to DVS. | ||
Junkers W 33 | ||||||||
794 | b | D-0921 | prototype | 8.27 | .33 | ‘Schildkrähe’ | M0006/6/2006 M0006/2/2008 P0001 | Stored 12.33. Sold to Fr Zitzmann 1934, seized by Government 1939 |
2505 | b | D-1197 | Later D-OBAL | 12.28 | 8.33 | Europa’ ‘BolBol’ | M0006/2/2008 P0001 | To Junkers, sold to DVS |
2526 | b | D-1590 | 5.29 | 9.33 | ‘Tuti’ | P0001 | To Junkers, sold to DVS | |
2535 | c | D-1630 | 6.29 | 7.33 | ‘Oghab’ | M0006/2/2008 P0001 | To Junkers, sold to DVS | |
2577 | D | D-1684 | 12.29 | 9.33 | ‘Gomri’ | M0006/2/2008 P0001 | To Junkers, sold to DVS |
* Sure there were other Junkers used by Persian Air Force or other parts like Junkers F 13 “Mazanderan” or “Gilan” that you can find them in databases .
Now you can see here some old photos of Junkers airplanes in Iran (Persia).
Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran.Junkers W 33 b D-1197 (D-OBAL) or 2505 (was named ‘BolBol’ بلبل – in English : Nightingale) that was used from 12.1928 to 8.1933 in Iran. Another photo of Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran. you can find also another picture of this airplane in Isfahan down a bit .Junkers W 33 D D-1684 or 2577 (was named ‘Gomri’ قمری – in English : Dove ; Pigeon; Columbidae;) that was used from 12.1929 to 9.1933 in Iran.Junkers F 13 d1e D-0265(RR-ECI) or 651 (was named ‘Bremse’) that was used from 11.1924 to 2.1929 in Iran.
Below photo is from ARYA Philatelic collection (https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARYA-Philatelic/196073273757477?fref=ts)
This is another photo of Junkers F 13 D-0231 (RR-ECC) or 643 (was named ‘Wachtel’) that was used from 11.1924 to 1933 in Iran . This photo was taken in Isfahan
And this is Junkers Luftverkehr Persien Routing of 1930
(from R.E.G. Davies: Lufthansa – an Airline and its Aircraft)
- 1927 : Teheran – Hamadan – Kermanshah – Baghdad
- 1928 : Teheran – Isfahan – Shiraz – Bushire
- 1928 : Teheran – Pahlevi – Baku
- 1929 : Teheran – Meshed
- 1930 : Teheran – Kazvin -Tabriz
And another one from Junkers Brochure
- Tiflis ,Botum by rail
- Moscow-Berlin by plane and rail
From Baghdad To :
- Cospoli etc by rail
- Beyruth by motor
- Cairo etc by plane
There are here some letters that were carried by Junkers LV Perien .
(you can also refer to the “Behruz Nassre” letters collection with subject “Junkers Aviation in Iran” )
The plane on the Junkers LV Persien label is The F 13 , that you can see in the below picture
Also you can see F 13 as overprint on these two series of persian stamps that were used for airmail . in the first serie , you can see ” پست هوایی poste-e-havayi : airmail ” word with Nasta’liq script in the otherone with Naskh script – 1928
You can see here also This german language newsletter with a article about Junkers in Teheran with 3 photos
- In English
- http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/?showtopic=40511
- http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/history_iranian_air_transportation_industry.php
- http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/d-numbers.html
- http://www.geocities.ws/hjunkers/ju_f13pl.htm
- http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_D-a16.html
- http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_f13_p1.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers
- http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_w33_p1.htm
- http://www.artiklar.z-bok.se/Iran-1.html
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aviation-history#pt2
- http://www.iranphilately.org/exhibits_bne/junkers-aviation-in-persia-1924-30/
- http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/ju_jlvpersia_a1.htm
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARYA-Philatelic/196073273757477?fref=ts
- http://www.iranphilately.org/exhibits_bne/junkers-aviation-in-persia-1924-30/
- In Russian
- In German
- http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/september-1923-einstellung-des-luftverkehrs-auf-der-strecke-moskau-tiflis
- http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/mittelholzers-persienflug-forts-smyrna-konstantinopel-bagdad-17-stunden
- http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/25-juni-1919-erstflug-der-junkers-f-13
- http://www.junkers.de/flugzeuge/junkers-f-13
- http://www.junkers.de/kalenderblatt/das-silvesterabenteuer-mit-einer-junkers-f-13-russland-vor-84-jahren
- http://www.gerhards-markenseite.de/f13/f13%20%281927%292.html
- http://www.kriegsreisende.de/relikte/junkers-w33.htm
- http://www.gerhards-markenseite.de/f13/f13%20%281928%20bis%201929%29.html
- In Persian
- http://www.aja.ir/portal/Home/Default.aspx?CategoryID=448a399a-11bd-412c-923c-a0366f519cf3
- http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
- http://www.mspir.ir/sarfaslha/tarikh/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%86/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B9-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
- http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91944
- http://www.military.ir/forums/topic/9111-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/
- http://aviation.persianblog.ir/page/29
- http://fa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87:Majlis_Melli_5.pdf&page=318
- http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/91101
- http://www.aerospacetalk.ir/vb/showthread.php/42347-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-1924-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85
- http://worldiranstamps.blogfa.com/category/4
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